(USA TODAY) -- Anthony Weiner has lost his lead in the New York City mayor's race
following revelations he continued to send lewd messages online to women
after he resigned from Congress in 2011, according to a new poll
released Thursday.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn now leads
with 25% support among Democratic primary voters compared to 16% for
Weiner, according to the poll.

The poll by NBC 4 New York, The Wall Street Journal
and the Marist Institute for Public Opinion is the first taken since
Weiner acknowledged he continued to send salacious messages.

Their June poll on the race showed Weiner leading Quinn by 5 percentage points.

"For
many Democrats the latest revelations about Anthony Weiner are more of
the same, only more so," said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist
College Institute for Public Opinion. "Weiner has lost his lead and his
negatives are at an all-time high."

Party primaries are Sept. 10. If no candidate gets more than 40% of the vote, there will be a runoff on Oct. 1.